'Mamma Mia Magic' Andie
Colombini
This
is a variation of a trick by Stephen Tucker. I
have changed the modus operandi and I use a deck
only and not a packet of duplicates. It was published
in the past in Linking Ring magazine. Although
the trick is relatively easy to do, it has an
effective and bewildering impact on the audience.
The three climaxes follow each other building
with a sequence that reaches a good climax.
EFFECT A card is chosen
from a blue backed deck. After the card is replaced
and the deck is shuffled, the performer removes
four cards from the deck while stating that he
believes the selection is among these four. The
spectator verifies the situation by affirming
that, yes, the selection is among the four. The
four cards are shown, folded in half and then
torn in half along the crease. The halves are
placed together and the selection is now seen
to be face up among the face down halves. The
selection is finally seen fully restored and it
seen to have a red back!
REQUIREMENTS Have a
red backed card, say the 8 of hearts and a blue
backed deck.
SET-UP Remove from the
deck the blue backed 8 of hearts and add the red
backed 8 of hearts on the bottom of down deck.
PERFORMANCE Force the
8 of hearts using an appropriate force without
revealing the red back of the card (a Force or
similar will do.) After the card has been noted,
square the deck and spread it face up across the
table.
Remove four cards including
the selection, keeping the backs hidden. Get the
8 of hearts to the position of second from the
face, turn the packet face down and do an Elmsley
Count showing backed cards.
Turn the packet face
up and count once again, duplicating the Elmsley
Count handling performing the count (you simply
reverse the order of the cards.) At the end, square
the cards.
Fold the packet in the
middle sidewise taking care not to expose the
back. Once the cards are folded, take them into
position and with the right thumb lift up only
the three cards nearest to you (leaving the 8of
hearts folded .)
Tear the three cards
(apparently four) in half To the spectator's point
of view, you have creased the cards only to facilitate
the tear. Place the torn off cards in the right
hand over the 8of hearts keeping the 8 of hearts
facing you in order to cover it. All these actions
are done with the cards in a vertical position
facing the audience.
Fan the cards between
the hands (bringing the hands down to waist level)
and the 8 of hearts appears as the only (half)
face up card. First effect'!
Grasp the cards in both
hands so the thumbs enter the 8 of hearts and
can snap it open as you let the half cards fall
to the table. Show the face of the restored 8
of hearts to the audience without exposing the
back. Second effect!
Finally, flip the card
to the table face down, showing the red back.
Third effect!
NOTES
You can use an old deck
and add the four cards that you are going to tear
to the deck.
You may say that every
time you use the selected card it gets embarrassed.
Flip it and show that the back is red!
You can leave out the
Elmsley Count, it is not strictly necessary. |
